Discussion on Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Weapons in an attempt to achieve military gains on the ground

on the ground.

Okay, Mr. Hussein al-Bukhaiti, in addition to this

point regarding the suspicions now and the call

for an investigation committee into

the possibility that the group Ansar

Allah, the Houthis, used chemical and toxic substances in

Taiz, and in addition to the dire humanitarian

situation we followed in the report,

I want to add some information released by international organizations, including

Human Rights Watch, which says that the encirclement

by the Houthis

in its current form has blocked all main

roads to the city and prevented food

and water and medicine from getting through. This could amount to a crime

of war, using starvation as a method of warfare.

UNICEF says more than fifty-two thousand

children are suffering from acute malnutrition, out of one hundred

and sixty-eight thousand children screened

in Taiz during this period, including more than eleven thousand

five hundred cases of severe acute malnutrition.

Your comment.

First of all, my dear sister,

regarding what is called chemical weapons, this is one of...

...the lies, just like the lies about targeting Mecca.

I mean, chemical weapons…

all that's left is for them to say that the Yemeni army used...

...used a nuclear weapon.

And the remarks by the Deputy Foreign

Minister and the guest from Taiz, I...

...don't rule it out.

I don't rule out that they used them. I don't rule out whether they did or not.

As for this business of “I don't rule it out,”

then you go and say, “Reports this, reports that”— these are...

...all lies, my dear sister.

There's no need, and Yemen doesn't even

have chemical weapons in the first place.

And there's no need, because the advances and what the Yemeni army

has in terms of weapons have already broken Saudi Arabia's...

...nose, so to speak, and they targeted it and destroyed Aramco's companies.

So would it need a chemical weapon to take Taiz province, which was eighty...

...percent under the control of Saudi- backed forces,

and now it's ninety- five percent or...

...more under the Yemeni army's full control in Sana'a...

...except for part of the city of Taiz, which is still...

...remaining

Meaning, under the control of forces affiliated with Saudi Arabia.

And regarding the siege, the siege we call the siege of Taiz, my dear sister,

what prevents entry into Taiz is any weapons or any

forces or any fighters. And let us remember, my dear sister, that the story

and account of the siege of Taiz go back to 2015, and they have

appeared on your channel several times over the years. And they talk about the siege of

Taiz, even though most areas in Taiz city and south of Taiz city

that connect Taiz, and most of the roads south of Taiz city to Aden

and Lahij are under the control of forces affiliated with Saudi Arabia.

So that claim from years ago that Taiz was under siege…

And now, I mean, which news should we believe?

Yemen also allows, perhaps, my dear sister, I mean…

the United Nations, international organizations,

and Human Rights Watch.

Arab.

Mr. Hussein, I mean, so, I got ahead of myself

and mentioned to you the U.N. and international reports that say

that what is happening amounts to a war crime.

Sister, yes.

My dear sister, forgive me.

I mean, certainly, when there is a war and there is…

An area, for example, in Taiz, that became part of Taiz city. There are battles there.

This will certainly hinder the entry of not

only aid, but also water or

fuel products. Its movement has slowed somewhat, I mean,

because of… because of what? Because of the war. But that

there is a systematic method, or that people are being prevented.

Not because of the war. When we talk, Mr.

Hussein.

When we talk

about an area with more than one million people, it is

normal under the rules of war, usually, to

establish humanitarian corridors,

even with international forces or forces separating the two sides.

Humanitarian corridors for civilians. You can't say that what's

happening is an inevitable result of being at war.

No, my dear sister, it can't be. Sana'a

and the Sana'a forces cannot prevent food trucks and trucks carrying

vegetables, fruit, flour, or sugar from entering Taiz.

There are footage being released. Journalists have gone there from Sana'a to—

For example, the Al-Hangar checkpoint is completely open.

Do you know, my dear sister,

that after it was taken over— it's east, it's west of Taiz, and it's

Taiz's western gateway. It has been targeted by

aircraft several times to cut off civilian traffic and the movement of

trucks and food supplies, but it is still open

and remains so despite being targeted.

Also, my dear sister, the solution is

simple. Since Al Araby TV has a correspondent here,

they can go to

those areas, places like the Hangar checkpoint west of Taiz,

and they will see and film dozens of trucks that

are entering Taiz. But why, my dear sister? I can say

quite

frankly, the primary cause of the siege in Taiz

and the ultimate reason food supplies are not reaching

the civilians is that forces affiliated with Saudi Arabia are exploiting

those food supplies. When trucks enter, for example, if they carry

trucks.

gas or...

oil, they are forced to go to—they are forced to take

that tanker to a relative, or to someone who is in what is called

By resistance. And this, for example, is what

the organization

for Human Rights said, or as— as it stated.

Mr. Hussein.

That there are...

That they...

fabricate...

and prevent those organizations.

If you'll allow me, Mr. Hussein, does Saudi Arabia lack the money or

the means to deliver aid to those it says

are receiving UN aid so it can get it to them?

Is it lacking anything to do

that itself, with its own money?

Why, my dear sister? I’ll tell you why.

Because Saudi Arabia and its forces were using

the story of the Taiz siege since 2015.

So what has changed now? They’ve been telling this lie all

that time. Also, my dear sister, just one last point, for

example, there is now

a problem in Taiz, as they say, and many channels,

including Al Araby TV, have shown

garbage piling up in Taiz,

especially in the Al- Sail area or— or the waterways

for flood runoff. Did you know this problem has existed in Taiz since

2011, after the 2011 revolution? And garbage is being dumped

The trash and waste are there, and anyone can laugh, so they...

Now they’re trying to look for any problem, any

issue, and they say it started because of the advances that

the Yemeni army made in Sana’a. They advanced...

and took control. This is no secret. They’re in control.

I mean, the Houthis aren’t laying siege to Taiz.

which leads to the city of Taiz.

The Houthis aren’t laying siege to Taiz. They aren’t besieging civilians.

My dear sister.

Can you point us to any humanitarian route,

any road or humanitarian corridor? Can you tell us the name of any road or

corridor for civilians or to bring in aid? Because

the international organizations can’t find one.

My dear sister Al-Ezza, I’ll tell you, I will...

I’ll tell you, my dear sister Al- Ezza,

there’s no such thing as a humanitarian road or route.

The road is open. For example, the Hanger road, west, west...

of Taiz, one of the most important routes into Taiz, is completely open.

The road connecting Taiz to Hejat al-Abd, to, to...

to Aden was targeted. Hejat, Hejat al-Abd.

But Human Rights Watch, Mr. Hussein.

It was open before the Saudi airstrikes.

Human Rights Watch, because here we're

speaking based on international organizations

that make these claims and describe events.

Human Rights Watch said that parts of

the Heijat al-Abd road, one of the main supply routes

to Taiz, had been bombed.

Human Rights Watch also warned of the possibility

of a war crime being committed in connection with the siege of

civilians and the use of starvation as a weapon.

I'll answer that when she said, "I saw it."

The official spoke for about a minute and a half.

She said it was targeted in October

because I say it was targeted in October. The road has been open

from that day until today, and that road wasn't cut off except

when Saudi Arabia targeted Heijat al-Abd

two days ago, destroying it. It is one of the main routes.

Okay.

I mean, they spoke about something

that happened more than a month ago

but they didn't speak about this, my dear sister.

Just one last point that sometimes proves

the bias of these organizations.

They didn't speak about the targeting of Heijat al- Abd.

Everyone knows, and all the guests know,

that he was targeted by Saudi aircraft

two days ago. I challenge anyone to deny that live on air.

All right, Mr. Anwar Al-Ansi. Our guest, Mr. Hussein Al-Bukhaiti, says

that Taiz is not under siege and that the roads are open, but

he hasn't pointed us to any road,

not even for international organizations

that want to deliver humanitarian aid.

They don't know where this open road is.

In the view of the Houthi brothers.

The Al-Hangar road, please.

The Houthi brothers.